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Expert Systems Architecture-CA
@ CN
Québec, Quebec
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Overview
CN is hiring a full-time Expert Systems Architect in Canada to be accountable for the architecture of assigned initiatives, products, systems and features within an Agile Release Train. The work covers solution design, architecture artifacts, governance compliance and technical guidance, with a regular Monday to Friday schedule, CN's hybrid work model and occasional business travel within Canada and the United States.
Responsibilities:
- Define system architectures and design patterns for assigned initiatives
- Develop architecture artifacts aligned with enterprise standards
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, data and security teams
- Provide technical guidance to solution designers and delivery teams
- Present architectural recommendations to stakeholders
Requirements summary:
- 10+ years in IT or architecture roles
- 3+ years defining solution or system architectures
- Experience in Agile, SAFe or project delivery environments
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or system analysis
- TOGAF, ITIL or SAFe Architect certification (asset)
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 |
| Schedule | day |
| Travel | air: minimal |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | TOGAF, ITIL, Google Professional Cloud Architect, SAFe Architect |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, System Analysis |
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Downtown Montreal |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 152 |
Job description
Job Summary
The incumbent is accountable for the architecture of assigned initiatives, products, systems, or features within an Agile Release Train (ART). The role translates business, functional, non-functional, security, and operational requirements into scalable and maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise standards and solution architecture direction. The incumbent collaborates with Solution Architects, Principal System Architects, engineering teams, and product teams to support successful delivery and technology modernization initiatives.
Main Responsibilities
System Architecture and Solution Delivery
The role has standard working conditions in an office environment with a regular workweek from Monday to Friday and is eligible to participate in CN's hybrid work model. The role requires occasional business travel within Canada and the United States in accordance with CN policy.
Experience
Signals and Communications
The incumbent is accountable for the architecture of assigned initiatives, products, systems, or features within an Agile Release Train (ART). The role translates business, functional, non-functional, security, and operational requirements into scalable and maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise standards and solution architecture direction. The incumbent collaborates with Solution Architects, Principal System Architects, engineering teams, and product teams to support successful delivery and technology modernization initiatives.
Main Responsibilities
System Architecture and Solution Delivery
- Support epic refinement, feature analysis, and solution design activities.
- Analyze business, functional, non-functional, security, and operational requirements.
- Define system architectures and design patterns for assigned initiatives and products.
- Develop architecture artifacts aligned with enterprise and solution architecture guidance.
- Ensure solution designs comply with architecture standards, principles, and governance requirements.
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, data, security, platform, and integration teams.
- Participate in PI Planning and delivery planning activities.
- Support implementation teams by resolving technical issues and design challenges.
- Contribute to architecture reviews, risk assessments, and technology evaluations.
- Maintain architecture documentation, standards, patterns, and repositories.
- Provide technical guidance to Solution Designers and delivery teams.
- Share architecture best practices and reusable patterns.
- Contribute to architecture community forums and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations for adoption.
- Support continuous improvement of architecture processes, standards, and governance practices.
- Collaborate with business, product, architecture, cybersecurity, and engineering teams.
- Present architectural recommendations and design decisions to project stakeholders.
- Support alignment between business needs, delivery timelines, and technical constraints.
- Contribute to architecture governance forums and decision-making processes.
The role has standard working conditions in an office environment with a regular workweek from Monday to Friday and is eligible to participate in CN's hybrid work model. The role requires occasional business travel within Canada and the United States in accordance with CN policy.
Experience
Signals and Communications
- 10+ years experience in Information Technology, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, system architecture, engineering, or related technology roles
- Minimum 3 years defining solution or system architectures for medium to large technology initiatives
- Experience developing architecture artifacts, technical roadmaps, standards, and implementation guidance
- Experience working within Agile, SAFe, product delivery, or project delivery environments
- Railroad, transportation, or global industrial experience*
- Candidates with an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered
- Any requirement marked with (*) will be considered an asset (not mandatory)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or System Analysis
- The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Google Professional Cloud Architect, SAFe Architect certification*
- Candidates with equivalent practical experience, education, or training will be considered
- Any requirement marked with (*) will be considered an asset (not mandatory)
- We Care About Each Other
- We Strive for Excellence
- We Succeed Together
- We Lead Responsibly
- Compliance
- Business acumen
- High
- Conveying the vision
- Coordination
- Information Architecture and enterprise data domains
- Business, information, and data architecture alignment
- Conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling
- Master Data Management (MDM), reference data management, and data quality frameworks
- Enterprise data integration, information exchange, and data lifecycle management
- Metadata management, business glossaries, data catalogs, and enterprise information management
- Data Governance frameworks, including data ownership, stewardship, accountability, policy management, and governance operating models
- Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), including data discovery, classification, risk identification, sensitive data monitoring, and remediation strategies
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) architectures and controls to protect sensitive, confidential, and regulated information across applications, platforms, collaboration tools, and cloud environments
- Information security and privacy-by-design principles, including data protection, retention, regulatory compliance, and information risk management
- Data platform architectures, including data lakes, lakehouses, data warehouses, and modern data ecosystems
- Analytics, business intelligence, AI-enabled data ecosystems, and trusted data products
- Enterprise information sharing, data interoperability, and event-driven information architectures
- Data lineage, traceability, auditability, and information lifecycle governance.
- Data modernization strategies, including cloud-based data services, data migration, and platform rationalization
- Architecture governance, standards, reference models, and controls to ensure information consistency, quality, security, and reuse across the enterprise
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